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The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18
OPPORTUNITY.

This I b.held, or dreamed it in dream:
There spread cloud Of dust along plain;
And underneath the cloud or in it, ragged
A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords
Shocked upon swords and shields A princes
banner
Wavered. then staggered backward, hemmed
by foes
a craven hung along the battles edge,
And thought: - Had l a sword Of keener
steel
That blue blade that the Kings son bears
but this
Blunt thing" he snapt and flung it from
his hand
And lowering crept away and left the field
Then came the Kings son, wounded, sore
bestead,
And weaponless, and saw the broken sword,
dnt-buried in the dry and trodden sand,
And ran and snatched it, and with battle
shout
Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down,
And saved a great cause that heroic day.
e r. Sill.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18
AN AUTUMNAL VAIL.
MONKEYS as Opium Eaters.

Dr. TANNERS, IN a memoir sent to the
Academic DIES Sciences. states that mon
keys, unlike other animals, unless it is
the human animal, readily acquire the
habit of taking morphia. When monkeys
live with opium smokers, as they do in
Eastern countries, where the habit is
more prevalent than elsewhere, and be-
come accustomed to the medicated at
mosphcre, they acquire taste for the
pipe One particular monkey, it is said,
would wait for his master to lay down
his pipe, and would then take 1T up and
smoke what remained. If not allowed
to do so for several days it would fall
into state of depression and inactivity,
which would disappear as soon as it was
allowed to chit the pipe. Pail Mall
Gazette.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18
Farm and Garden Notes.

Mixing milk is considered injurious to
the yield of butter.
In preparing products for market, try
to please purchasers.
A clover root in the soil is the prom
iSe OF increased fertility, and no farm
ever had too many of them.
>, Iurnips are excellent for sheep. In
England the sheep ard the turnips are
considered the rent-payers.
Keep the chickens on clear runs and
away from the manure heaps, if you
want them to be free from gapes.
As few acres we'll titled is best for
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

An Illinois farmer has made a cheese
II the shape of man. 1t is said to look
ike a thing of life-and very likely 1t Is.
statesman.
There are very few brass bands in a
military parade that can play as many
iirs as the um-major puts on.-ShOe
md Leather Reporter.
Two Michigan giants ran away and
got marned recently, and yet no news
paper has referred to it as "a case of elope-
nent in high life.-Tid-B Bits.
WHAT he WANTS.
Oh, | want not the EARTH
Don't think me so rash.
I only want one little corner
On cash.
Raw onions are now eaten to cure in
.omnia. Where it fails to cnre husband
Dr. wife it will at least keep the other
awake for company, and that's some
:onsolation.-De Detroit Free Press.
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.
love the man who knows enough
To hold his tongue, and hear
ALI unrestrained the aged joke
He listened to last year.
He is boon to punsterS all,
The strongest of their STATS
The man who's heard an aged pun,
And holds his tongue and laugS
II. S. Keller, an GOdGtES Sun.
AN AUTUMNAL VAIL.
Tho fingers yet the summers afterglow,
Grim winters distant footsteps smite mine
ear;
Farewell to flowers, to breezes soft ana low,
Blue skies, and robins carol clear.
Oh, days of drifting snow, of gloomy sky,
OF bowling wind of ravens mournful note'
Thine advent l await with grief, for l
Shall have to buy an overccat.
-WiU Carey, an Life.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18

The success of some of the agents employed
by b. r. johnson IL Co, Richmond, Va, Ia
truly marvellous 1t is not an unusual thing
for their agents TO make as high So and 81
a day, and sometimes their profits run up IA
high as $40 and $JO-eVcn more. But we heSi-
tate to tell you the whole truth, or you will
scarcely believe we are in earnest. Write them
and see for yourself what they viii do for YOU
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18

The peanut yields from forty-two to
fifty per cent. of an oil, almost colorless
and nearly equal 10 olive oil in taste and
quality. This oil is obtained in various
ways, bu: the best is furnished by means
Of cold compression, and France is re-
sponsible in the main for il.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18
An Enterprising CITY.

That's fine building going up over
there" remarked a stranger in a Western
town. Yours must be an enterprising
cityl'
1T is replied a citizen with conscious
pride; I'VE are full of ii. -
what is that Building, hoteli"
''No, that's the new jail. "-ETech.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18

How often is the light OF the household
clouded by signs OF melancholy OF irritabflity
on the part of the ladies' Yet they are not to
be blamed, for they are the result of ailments
peculiar TO that sex, which men know not OF.
But the cause may be removed and JOY restored
by the use of DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" which, tonic and ncrvine for debili-
tated women, Is certain, safe and pleasant 1t
is beyond all compare the great healer OF wo-
men.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18
"ConSumptionC Cure

would be a truthful name 20 give to DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" the most effica-
cloGs medicine yet discovered for arrcsting the
early development Of pulmonary disease But
consumption cure would not sufficiently in
dictate the scope OF its influence and usefulness
In all the many diseases which spring from q
arrangement OF the liver and blood the "Dis-
covery" Is a safe and sure specific. OF all drug
e-icF
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18

Mushroom poisoning is believed to be
due in many cases TO faulty methods of
cooking.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18
The Whistler.
woods.
Oh for a gun
That would carry a ton,
Or a sabre keen

Oh for gun
That would carry ton,
Or sabre keen
That would cut shingles clean.
To smite for once and forever more
that terrible, consciencele s, midnight
bore, who ruthlessly breaks on a placid
snore with airs that were popular years
before-the man who is always whist
ling.
He starts at morn
With his tune forlorn,
And he'll never stop
Though the hear rs drop.
His neighbors for mercy vainly sue;
he'll merrily whistle ''MikadO" clear
through. will turn back to Patience"
and ''Pinafore, too, avoiding with care
all the music sheets new-the man who
is always whistling. Merchant IraOe'er.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18
He starts at morn
With his tune forlorn,
And he'll never stop
TbOn1b tho boor Hron

Within five months Harvard College
has received gifts amounting to So, OO0,-
600
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18
Woman and Her Disease.

Is the title of large illustrated treatise, by DR..
X. V. Pierce, Buffalo. y. N.,sent to any address
for ten cents in stamps. 1t teaches successful
Self-treatmeut.
TRUE friends visit US in prosperity only when
invited, but in adversely they come without in
tation.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18

MOST of the shadows that cross our path
through life are caused by standing in our own
1frh.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18

FREE,-TO MERCHANTS ONLT: \ three-foot,
French glass, oval front Show Case. Address
at once. X. w. TANSGLL y Co. - state st,
Chicago.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18

ROYAL GLUE mends anything! Broken Chi
ma, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs & Gro
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-11-18

THE heaviest of all burdens is a heavy heart.
National Republican., 1887-08-08
A Vision of Judgment.

Judge Dawson was said to be the ugiiest
man In Alabama, but he possessed one Of
the sweetest voices ever heard. He had
remarkably long crane-like neck and a
crooked Roman nose. His face was In
proportion to his neck In length, and his
eyes were very red and bulged at least a
quarter Of an inch. lie was the Judge OF
one Of tho circuits In an adjoining state
during the reconstruction period. While
holding court in one Of the counties he had
to try some ku-klux cases.
The day was very cold; the judge wore
cloak that thoroughly envelJped his
body, and the front part OF the stand was
so high and the occupant was crouched so
low that he was almost concealed from the
bar, the witnesses, and the lobby. a negro
who had been having some experience with
the ku-klux was a witness, and through
fear of the much-dreaded khan, he was by
no means hasty In answering the questions
asked him by counsel. Finally he became
go stubborn that the examining lawyer was
forced to appeal to 'his honor' In order to
get the witness to proceed.
AS stated above the witness had not up
to this time caught glimpse of the mag
istrate. In answer to the lawyers appeal
the judge reared his head over the stand
and said to the witness;
"Tell him, tell him what he asks YOU"
The negro turned his head at the sound
Of the voice, and seeing the judge for the
first time yelled:
"Ku- Klux ~
Wild with terror he rushed out of the
court room, and never appeored In town
again.
National Republican., 1887-08-08
VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.

Martinsville has voted subscription OF
s5olcC0 to the Roanoke and Southern rail
road.
Hon. Joseph Davis, of Boston, Mass, has
given $500 to the Confederate Soldiers
Home at Richmond.
The Shenandoah county annual Sunday
school picnic at Fishers Hill was attended
by over two thousand persons.
Sweet potatoes arc being shipped north
from Accomac and Northampton counties
in large quantities. The prices obtained are
good, and the farmers arc satisfied. The
cropis very large one.
The population OF the city of Roanoke Is
now over 10000. Everybody is at work,
and there are no idlers or vagrants. Tue
workshops OF the Norfolk and Western and
Shenandoah Valley railroads are located
there.
There are ten or twelve canneries In the
county OF Botetourt, at which the farmers
can readily sell all their peaches at good
prices. One farmer who has cannery and
100 acres In peaches made $4,000 on one
crop clear of all expenses.
One of grand jurors summoned to attend
the United States court at Danvllle by the
Democratic United States marshal was dis.
charged bypudge Paul; 1t being ascertained
that he had heretofore been tried by that
court and convicted of felony.
The Richmod Dispatch says: "Twenty-
five thousand copies OF the report OF the
legislative debt committee are now locked
up in the public printers Office awaiting
the order OF that old statesman aud alleged
repudiator-Rev. John Il. Massey"
Capt. w. L. Day, of spottsylvania
county, is prominently spoken or to repre-
sent that county in the next legislature.
Capt. Day Is one of the most progressive
and prosperous farmers In the state, The
state needs just such representatives at this
time.
Capt. Launcelot Partlow, of Partlow's
SpottsylVania county, now in hi5 S1th year,
escorted Lafayette when he came from
Orange Court House to Fredericksburg, In
1924, ana dined with him at the Wilderness
Tavern, where delicious peach and honey
was INDUCED in.
West Point, on the York river, aud the
terminus OF the Richmond and York River
railroad, has increased in population since
1851 from $50 to $500. The improvements
now in progress include fine hotel, a
seminary, ald grain elevator with a
capacity Of $1,000 bushels.
1t Is proposed to add mineral exhibit to
the Lynchburg fair. 1t will show gold in
Montgomery, Patrick, Buckingham, and
Wythe, Roanoke, and Montgomery, tin In
Rockblidgc and Amherst, aud copper and
iron in almost every county.
The Labor Herald, Of Richmond, says
"The election OF Democratic legislature
In Virginia means the election to the United
States senate OF Washlngtouan by the
name OF John S. Barbour, the man who re-
fused TO take his work away from a scab
paint shop In Washington when requested
by organized labor to do So"
National Republican., 1887-08-08
DIEL,.

IsRAEL-In Brooklyn, n. Y, Aug. G, BESSIE
BAgE ISRAEL, daughter Of Robert o and Annie
w. Israel. aged years and months.
Funeral Monday at Chapel OF OAK Hill Gene
terry al 2o'clock y. III.
HCRsT.-At 32l6 N st.. West Washington, at
JOhncs.
Funeral at above place Monday Aug. s, at
4;30 p. m. Friends of family invited toaltend.
lnteTment AT Glenwood. ."
McCARTHY.-on Saturday, Aug. g., 1887, at
JOHN MCCARTHY. a native of County Cork,
Ireland, but for the last thirty'hye years
resident Of this city.
May he rest In peace.
Funeral will take place from his late resi-
denCe, corner OF Massachusetts, avenue and
Second street northwest, on Tuesday, Aug. .,
1857, at o'clock a m. Requiem mass at 81.
Aloysius' Church al o'clock. ="
MILLER.-on Aug. c, 1887, J. howard MIL.
LER, beloved son Off. o. and Martha L. Miller,
in the l4tn year of his age.
Funeral from the residence OF his parents
No. 800 Cstreet southeast, Tuesday, Aug, 9. 1887,
at 10 o'clock O. N. Relatives aud friends in-
vited TO attend.
CROMWELL.-on Saturday, Aug 6, 1887. at
Up. M, Miss kitty CROMWELL, In the 95th
Funeral service at 70 o clock, Monday, Aug,
Cromwell. sl4 Eleventh street northwest.
Friends of the family invited. lpIerment pr!-
yate at Baltimore, Nd.
RFED.-suddenly of apopleSy, at his home,
near Btanchvillo, Prince George county, Nd,
on the morning OF the 7th instant, AMo REED,
In the cath year of his age.
Funeral at Branchville, Monday, Aug s,
1857, at O'Clock p. IN. Interment AT Belts
vile.
GAFFEEY-At l o'clock a. m, on the Sth
instant, MARGARETT j. GAFrSEY, Il naive OF
the parish of KilTonan, Rosc0mmon bunty,
Ireland In the 2l6t year of her Qgc, SAtgr OF
Mrs Mary A. Flynn.
Notice Of funeral In to'day's Star.
National Republican., 1887-08-08
LONDON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
1t Is Not Nearly AS Effective as Those
of American Cities.

Oh american SitleSs
London, the greatest city of the world,
has fire brigade about as Jorge as that of
Boston, and not half as effective, says
writer In the Home Journal. The trouble
lies with the old fogy notions Of the au
thorities. Captain Shaw, the chief Of the
duty with kid gloves, silk hat, and an
umbrella. Every once IN while he makes
trip to America in order to inspect the
fire service of our large cities, and he re
turns to London to make his own brigade
more old-fashioncd than ever. His pro
Cressivc IDEAS are of the crab order.
A London fire engine Is a little more thar
half as large as an American engine, and
proportionately as seryiceable. 1t carries
half dozen men, three or four OF whom sit
on top Of the machine In front OF the boiler,
These men wear brass helmets, which are
very striking iu appearance, and which have
before blazing building. When you dis
cover fire In your house you run to a
brigade station. II the station Ia mile or
two distant you take cab. Two or three
fremen start out to see II you have told tue
truth, and, after due investigation Of
your premises, one OF them
will return to the engine house
for the machine. The chances are
that he will return with few comrades
aLd hand euEiue-a "manual," as they
call it in London. They have not yet
passed the era Of hand engines In London
Every station has a ''manual." After be-
| ing satisfied that fire is in progress the
men harness the horses to the ''manuaP'
and drive of full tilt to the fire. They are
| generally surprised to find that, In the ia
| terval between the alarm, the investigation
| and the arrival OF the hand engine, the IRE
| has assumed such headway that only s
steamer will be Of service. So they senc
| fora steamer, but before she arrives tht
| building has burned down.
National Republican., 1887-08-08
TEMPERANCE WORK.
Sunday Meetings Under the Auspices
nf the L. O. q. II.


The Good Templars OF East Washington
conducted two important temperance
meetings yesterday, at which the interest
and enthusiasm manifested showed an
eornestness not usual at this season. The
lodge room Of Friendship Lodge, at the cor
ncr Of Eighth and | streets northeast, was
filled to It's utmost capacity when Mr..
Kalstrom called the meeting to order al
3 o'clock, and rarely has an audience
enjoyed the force Of logic and
eloquence to greater degree. The
speakers were Rev. O. Mlllard, chaplain of
the Soldiers Home at Hampton, Va; Hon
j. II. Miller, grand chief templar OF Vlr.
ginia, and Rev. w. T.. Hall, Of Philadelphia.
The two latter speakers were found at :
o'clock facing an audience which packed
the Methodist Church at Anacostia,
where the meeting was held under
the auspices Of Fidelity Lodge. The
distinguished orators held this large
congregation in rapt attention to the
forcible and practical addresses delivered;
they created marked impression, and
elected from the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Cook, q
short speech expressive OF the pleasure and
benefit the meeting had been to the cougre-
| cation and the community. These meet
inge, the initial once OF series which the
Good Templars OF East Washington have
| planned, can In all respects be classed
| among the best presentations OF the ques
tlon made before the people OF this city.
National Republican., 1887-08-08
Tho Pain From Pugiiisvs Blow.

Rochester Democrat aud Chronicle
II has been said that the hurts suffered
In pugilsm are particularly severe, and
that but few pains equal the pain resulting
from blow Of the fist squarely and forcibly
delivered upon the nose. An incident
which goes to support this allegation Is re-
ported from Paris. A lion tanner In one OF
the boulevard shows was set upon by
powerful and irritable old lion, whose cage
he had entered according to habit in the
course OF an entertainment. The beast
made his attack without warning or par.
tcular cause, and in an instant the mau
was upon hie back between the Hons paws.
The spectators screamed, thinking II was
the end OF the lion tanner, but, like flash,
be was upon his feet, and, striking out with
bis right in accurate pugilistic stylo, landed
HIS lst upon the lions nose with epat
that WAS heard all over the place. Tue
lion whueZed and sueezed and backed
away, shaking his head and shuttlDg his
eyes as " dazed, while the man stepped
quickly, but with dignity, out OF the cage.
The blow was good one, and " 1t had
fallen upon a man would have undoubtedly
"knocked him out.n Evidently It male
the lion tingle from the spot where II was
delivered to tb @ tip q his tail.
National Republican., 1887-08-08
Tho Point That Puzz,ed Him.

MeTchhnt lravcler.
81 tell y0u," said n Kansas merchant to a
Cincinnati travelling man, "since We have
had prohibition Kansas has been model
state. Peace and quiet reign on Sundays
No drinking or carousiug, but good order
in their stead.n
"Don't you have Sany beer on sunlays?"
"No, sir; certainly not"
"No concerts and all that sort OF thing?"
"Of course not.n
swell, well. 1t is surprising"
"You don't seem able to comprehend that
Kind OF Sunday"
"Oh, yes, do. But | don't quite see
what you want with any Sunday at all.
That's the only point that puzzles me.n
National Republican., 1887-08-08

- 1b6 ANU BOUTHMKST.
DoUBLETRACK.s SPLENDID SCENERY,
sIEEL RAILS. MAGNIFICENT Ko0IP.
IN EFFKCT MAY 10, 1887,
TkA1Es LEAVE Washington nom station,
oorner 9th and D streets, as follows;
For Plttsburg and the West, Chicago Limited
daily; Fast Line, $50 a. n. daily to Cincinnati
and 81. Louis, with Sleeping Cars from Harris.
burg 10 Cincinnati, and Buffet Car to 80. Louis;
ina iy sTceRt eIshq Shstray =, 70 Chicaso with sleep
press, at $40 p. m. daily with Sleeping Cars
Washingtont 70 Chicago and st. Louis, and Har-
65snprs 5nrs , 70 Cleveland, connecting at Harris
villo and Memphis Pacific Express, 10
2 m daily for Pltisburs aud the West with
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD,
Tor Erie, CanandEgua, Rochester, Buffalo,
Niagara, 1000 p. m daily, except Saturday,
with Palace Cars Washington to Rochester. ~
For Williamsport Lock Haven, and EiInira.
ct gb9 q, m. daily, except SUNDAY.
For Eey York and the East, 7:25, 800. 100.
one ll40 n. M, 200, f:lO, 1000, and II 2Dp, M
On Sunday, 300 II 40 a. N. 900, l.iO, 1000 and
1l:20 p m. limited Express Of Pullman Perior
ond Dining Cars $40 q. m. daily. excspt sum
For Boston Without change. 200 D. "A every
day
For Brooklyn. N. ". all through trains con.
meet at Jersey City with boats OF Brgoklyn An.
mex, efording direct transfer to Fulton street,
avoiding double ferrinRe across New York city,
FOR Philadelphia, 7s4h, 300, 1850, and 11:l0
n
sunday POO, 1lA0 m.,2HO, i:lO, 500 1000, and
li20p. m. Limited Express ParlOr and Din
ming Cars, 940 a. In. week days, aad 400 D m.
For Baltimore. 6.a5, ,:25, 900 $40, $50 lilo.
1liO m, 1905, 900, 400, 4:l0 4:20, i:46 600,
Sl0, !0OO, and II 20 p. IN. On Sunday, 800, 9O5,
9S9' @ llaS q. M 400, 400, 4:lo, 600, $40, 1000,
For pope's Creek Line, 7:25 a. m. and $40 D.
m. daily except Sunday.
For Annapolis, 7:26 II. NJ, 1905, 4:2O, and G p,
m. daily, except SUNDAY. SUNDAYS, 900 o. M.
XLExANDRIA AND FBEDKRIcKsBURd
WASHINGTON RAILROAD.
For Alexandria, 600 6:i5, $40, 947, 1887 a. m,
1904 noon, 205, 4.25, 4;35, 6:0l, S:O5, 1905 and
| ll:S7 p. m. on Sunday at SEQ s:iO, o:i7, 1887
| q. m, 2.90, 6:0l, S.05, and 10O1 D. u.
| For Richmond and the South 900 lO:57a m. 4,
| daily and 435 p. m. daily, except Sunday.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington,
500, 800, 9l0, l0:15, llO7 a. m; l:21 800, 3:23
6.l0, 7:Ob, 1892 and i0:l2 y. m, and 1915 mid
niTht except Mondsy). on Sunday at 800,
giO and II .07a M; 100. $40, 7.O5, 8:s2, lOia
| p. NJ, and 12;l5 night.
| Tickets and Information al the once, north.
| east corner Of 18th street and Pennsylvania
| avenue, and at the station, where orders can
| he len for the checking of baggage to destina.
ton from hotels and residences -.
| General Passenger Agent,
OHAs. X PUGH. General Manager.
National Republican., 1887-08-08
The Bondod indebtedness.

Mr.. A. i. Redstone, proposes in day or
two to ask for writ Of quo warranto
against the Secretary of the Treasury to
compel tho payment of the bonded indebt-
edness, also TO mandamus the money
in the treasury until cause is shown
why this action is not taken. Mr..
Redstone In this action claims to rep
resent the wish Of the organized labor
Of the country, Of which he Is wellknown
champion, having been the candidate rep.
resenting the labor party in the fifth CON
grseional district OF California In the last
election, and now a contestant for the seat
National Republican., 1887-08-08
SrH4HBOz1 LINES.

HAILY LINE TO NORFOLK AND FoRr.
~ RESS MONROE.
Steamer EXCELSIOR MONDAYS, WEDNES-
DAYS, and FRIDAYS, and Steamer GEORGE
LEARY TUESDAYS THURSDAYS, ana
SATURDAYS.
AT $50 p. nj . from eth st. wharf
Returning, leave Norfolk daily, except MON
DAYS, at I:30 p. m, from Boston wharf EN-
elusive connection with Boston and Providence
steamers. Connect also with steamer Ariel fot
Richmond, steamers for New York aud ali
steam and railroad lines Tor the south. So
cure rooms and tickets at 6l9 and 1851 Penu-
sy!yHnia ave. and at Knox Express, who will
also check baggage from botelsand residences.
TClephonc, No. 1903. WIN. Z. WEIGH,
Superintendent and General Agent,
auG-tf